Stilted acting, and more interest in style than storytelling.

| Original Score: D | Apr 26, 2024

With such inert propulsion, unattractive designs, and terribly conceived dialogue, the weight of the film's deficiencies crushes any precious few positives.

| Original Score: 2/10 | Jun 8, 2022

Japanese women rarely get to star in an action flick, so it's a shame that Yakuza Princess is such mindless junk that isn't even a worthy showcase for the female protagonist. The men in this incoherent movie actually get most of the screen time.

| Oct 18, 2021

There's not much to recommend about this film outside of bringing attention to the sizable ethnic Japanese population in Brazil.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 11, 2021

If there was any sort of fight choreography, it is utterly annihilated by the film's poor editing. A cool concept and a strong supporting actor aren't enough to make a sloppy and amateurish action film with very few thrills worthwhile.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 6, 2021

But while there are sudden bursts of violence throughout, Amorim paces things so sluggishly it ends up being up to the performances to maintain the viewer's interest.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 17, 2021

In trying to be too many things, Yakuza Princess never fully develops the emotional world of its characters, yet it expects the audience to care about their family history.

| Sep 15, 2021

One of those unfortunate movies where an enticing title fails to translate into onscreen satisfaction, Yakuza Princess is just unspectacular in every department.

| Original Score: 2 | Sep 13, 2021

What it lacks in dramatic stability, it makes up for in devastating fight sequences and some impressive acting.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 11, 2021

Like street-cart fusion cuisine, this film will fill a hole, if you have a particular hankering.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 8, 2021

It's an irresistible guilty pleasure.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 4, 2021

When one looks beyond the immediate novelty of the film's title, one is taken aback by how dull and derivative Yakuza Princess actually is.

| Sep 4, 2021

Where the movie shines is in its action sequences, some of which are exceptional, the result of Danilo Lemos's razor-sharp editing. People who go to adventure pictures like this for the action should not be disappointed.

| Sep 4, 2021

Yakuza Princess is entertaining for diehard fans of the genre.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 3, 2021

... emphasizes brutal katana violence over character depth, while never taking full advantage of its unique backdrop. It's more about spectacle than substance.

| Sep 3, 2021

There's a lot of walking and talking, but Yakuza Princess never really moves fast enough, not even during its action scenes.

| Original Score: .5/4 | Sep 3, 2021

There's no real momentum or pacing to Yakuza Princess, merely a shaggy assemblage of scenes jumping between characters and continents with little distinction between meat and filler.

| Original Score: C- | Sep 3, 2021

As recent neon-colored female-driven action movies go, Yakuza Princess doesn't nearly measure up to Gunpowder Milkshake or Jolt.

| Sep 3, 2021

This should be more fun, right?

| Original Score: 4/10 | Sep 3, 2021

[T]he screenplay ... lets its obsession with mystery get the better of it.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 2, 2021